Razor



(No Model.)

F. A. CLAUBERG.

" RAZOR.

Patented Aug. 16, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK A. CLAUBERG, OF JERSEY CITY, NEV JERSEY.

RAZOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,916, dated August16, 1892.

Application filed January 13, 1892. Serial No. 417.972. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern..-

Beit known that I, FREDERICK A. CLAU- BERG., a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Jersey City,in the county of Hudson and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRazorIIandle Supports, of which the following is a specification.

A requisite in a razor is that the handle shall be so devoid of hulk andso light in weight as to be no impediment whatever to the users freemanipulation of the razor, and hence the lighter and less bulky thehandle the more desirable and salable the razor. Bone, horn, ivory,celluloid, gutta-percha, and like brittle and frangible substances,because of their lack of bulk and weight in proportion to theirstrength, are frequently, almost universally, employed forrazor-handles; but they do not afford a sufcient resistance for thestrain put upon the rivets used to insert the blade and unite the partsof the handle to stand too constanthandling, and particularly towithstand the effects of being handled roughly and being dropped. It itwere possible in razor-handles to reinforce the bone or other likesubstance of the handle by linings or scales of metal, as is done inpocket-knife handles, and solder, braze, rivet, or otherwise fix to suchscales the sides and holsters common in pocket-knives, then my inventionwould be unnecessary; but it is not possible so to do, and for one mainreason that the handle would be so bulky, but especially so heavy, as tohe refused by barbers.

Now the object of my invention is to so reinforce the ordinarylight-Weight razor-handle as to avoid the objections stated and secureYthe strength :necessary to minimize liability of breakage; and to thisend the invention consists of shields, supports, or holsters made ofthin, strong metallic shells of the contour of the handle, appliedexteriorly to such handle at both ends, and receiving the ends of therivets, all as I will proceed now more particularly to set forth andfinally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is a sideView with the blade partly open. Fig. 2 is an edge view with the bladeclosed.

Fig. 3 is a similar view with the blade open, but broken off. Fig. 4 isa perspective View of one of lthe shields, holsters, or supports,looking toward its inside. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the innerside of one end of the handle, showing the manner in which the edge ofthe support or shield extends around the edge of the handle. Fig. 6 is asimilar view of the outside. Fig. 7 is a cross-section taken in theplane of line zz; c of Fig. l, and Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectiontaken in the plane of line y y of Fig. l.

In practicing my invention I form the handle of two pieces A of wood,hone, ivory, or other material best adapted for the purpose andpossessing the requisite lightness and strength while of slight bulk. Ithen form shields, supports, or holsters B, of sheet or cast metal, butmere shells in thickness and weight, and curved transversely andlongitudinally to the external contour of the ends of the handle, andthese holsters I apply to the suhstance of the handle eXteriorly andoverlying it by rivets or pins C or otherwise, and at that end of thehandle opposite which the blade is fixed the sides of the handle and theholsters are irmly united bya rivet D, passed through all and headedoutside of and upon the holsters, a spacing-block E being interposedfirst between the sides of the handle at this point. Vhere the handle ismade of material that may be softened, as celluloid, dac., the holstersare pressed or embedded in the same; but in any case it is desirablethat the outer surfaces of the holsters shall be iiush with the outersurfaces of the handle. The holsters, shields, or supportsB at the endof the handle where the blade F is pivoted are constructed and appliedas just described, saving that no spacing-block is used, and the rivetH, used to unite the handle, also serves as'the pivot on which the bladeturns. The

blade is tapered at its shank G, so as to t with suilicient friction inthe handle to assist in holding the blade in position. Now it will beobserved that the rivets D and 1I are headed on the metallic shields andnot on the brittle and frangihle material of the handle, and hence theyare greatly strengthened to resist strain and against being loosened andpulled out. Moreover, these metallic shields greatly IOO reinforce therivets against the strain put upon them in honing and stropping, andalso very materially relieve the handle of such strain. Still further,the advantages of metallic bearings or anchorages for the rivets aresecured without adding metal linings or scales to the handle and withoutbringing the cutting-edge of the blade into contact with metal; and,still further, the addition of they metallic shields does not addmaterially or even ,appreciably to the Weight or bulk of the handle, butdoes permit it tol be made quite as light as of old, and admits of itsornamentation, and finally, the shields inclose and therefore protectthe ends of each side of the handle.

What I claim is 1. In a razor, the blade and its handle, comv bined withmetallic shields shaped to conform to the sides of the handle and rivetsfor uniting the blade and handle, passed transversely through and havingtheir ends anchored in said shields, substantially as described.

2. A razor-handle having the shell-like shields B, curved longitudinallyand transversely to conform to the ends of the sides of such handle andapplied externally to and inclosing said ends, combined with rivets fory uniting the shields and the sides of the handle and other rivetsanchored-in said shields 3o for uniting the sides of the handle at oneend and connecting the sides of the handle and the bladeat the otherend, substantially as described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New 35 York and State of New York,this 10th day of October, A. D. 1891..

FREDERICK A. CLAUBERG.

Witnesses:

J. S. ZERBE, THOMAS MYERS.

